# Incident 19800504043589I: Gulstm AA5, Bridgeport, CT, May 4, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Sikorsky
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2473° N, 73.0978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIKORSKY (JSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2473&lon=-73.0978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7165L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7165L-1981-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800504043589I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER DEAD STICK LANDING.IT WAS AN INDUCTION FIRE DUE TO EXCESSIVE FUEL IN MANIFOLD.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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